IAD Clubhouse closed 26/02/07-28/02/07

Please note the Washington Clubhouse will be closed between 26th and 28th Feb for a mini-makeover.

It will reopen on 1st March. There will be no substitute facilities available other than vouchers for use in the terminal restaurants and 5k miles as a gesture of good will.

Thanks G-VOPS, great bit of info...[y]

Any new features coming for the IAD CH ?

Bugger! I fly back from IAD on the 27th.....

Do you know how the voucher/miles will work? Pick up at check-in?

Tony

I would have thought they'd be issued at check-in but not 100% certain.

As far as I'm aware it's just a lick of paint and a bit more seating in time for the extra service but you never know there might be a few surprises in store.

Well, I'll be there on the 5th. It did n't look in need of a make over.

Thanks for the heads up G-VOPS. [y]

[mcmbenjamin]

Originally posted by G-VOPS
I would have thought they'd be issued at check-in but not 100% certain.

As far as I'm aware it's just a lick of paint and a bit more seating in time for the extra service but you never know there might be a few surprises in store.

G-VOPS: So what is list of airlines that use the IAD CH now?

VS
SAA
LH
KE
and ??

Well, it was closed as advertised here. The check-in staff explained and were nice enough to include my travelling companion (who is FC Red) in the offer of $25 lunch vouchers and 5K miles each, although I have to manually submit the claim for the miles to FC.

You could consider $25 to be a bit on the stingy side, as we elected to have lunch in Harry's Tap Room, which (including the wine) came to $45 per head. However, $25 would have easily covered lunch in any of the other establishments in the B Gates area, and as Harry's was our choice, I'm not complaining!

I looked on the VS website but couldn't find mention of the closure anywhere. This could have been made clear in the News section perhaps? Thoughts anyone?

Cheers

Tony

Any reports on what the changes are like? Will be using it in April.

As I said I'm not aware of any drastic changes just a fresh coat of paint and some more seating - I wouldn't get too excited, it's not going to be a match for LHR or JFK.